From a ski mountaineering background, young German Antonia Niedermaier has a history of excelling at endurance sports. After finishing high school last year, she had her first season in the pro peloton racing for CANYON//SRAM Generation. She won Classica d’Arrós and, on her 16th UCI race day, won the overall including two stage wins at the 8-day stage race, Tour de l’Ardéche Féminin. Antonia was promoted to the Women’s World Team, CANYON//SRAM Racing, and has signed through to 2024.

Niedermaier will continue racing ski mountaineering during winter and road cycling in the spring to autumn months.

“I am very excited about the new step! I think that a lot of challenges will wait for me. I am looking forward to racing with the ‘big’ team!”

I am looking forward to doing bigger races because I think the dynamics in these races will be completely different. I hope for some great stage races because I like to go on my limit every day, again and again. My goal is to do an excellent job for the team and reach good results in some races.

CANYON//SRAM Generation gave me a lot of things on my way. I learned a lot about how to race and the different race tactics. Coming from a ski mountaineering background, it was important to learn all these things in smaller races with less pressure from the outside. It was an excellent year to get into this sport. It was also important to see how the pro cycling sport works and to learn a lot of new stuff.”